RFC 7423 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2014

Diameter Applications Design Guidelines

Overview

RFC 7423, “Diameter Applications Design Guidelines”, is a Best Current Practice document published in November 2014 by L. Morand, V. Fajardo, H. Tschofenig. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Diameter base protocol provides facilities for protocol extensibility enabling the definition of new Diameter applications or modification of existing applications. This document is a companion document to the Diameter base protocol that further explains and clarifies the rules to extend Diameter. Furthermore, this document provides guidelines to Diameter application designers reusing/ defining Diameter applications or creating generic Diameter extensions.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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